HIS102Y1 Lecture Notes - Sun Yat-Sen, Presidential System, Xinhai Revolution
Document Summary
China withdraws its forces and acknowledges france"s position in vietnam. *august 1, 1894 china and japan declare war on each other. ~china was to recognize korea as an independent country. ~formosa and the pescadore islands were given to japan. Japan was also given sovereignty in the liaotung peninsula. ~china signs a commercial tready with japan similar to those china signed with western powers. *the hundred days reform(june 11- september 21 , 1898) *empress cixi"s initial response to hundred days reforms: A long as you keep the ancestral tablets and do not burn them, and so long as you do not cut off your queen, i shall not interfere. ~puts emperor guangxu under house arrest(announces that a serious illness has incapacitated the emperor). *reluctance of empress cixi to give up power. 7. repercussions of failure of the hundred days reforms. *shows reform from the top down is impossible.
